Clinton County eateries inspected

WILMINGTON — The following information is obtained from the Clinton County Health Department and is compiled from inspection reports.

Violations are either critical or non-critical. Critical violations are more likely to contribute to food contamination, illness or an environmental health hazard, including inadequate cooking of food items or poor personal hygiene.

For a more detailed description of critical and non-critical violations, or to file a public health or food safety complaint about a restaurant, contact the Clinton County Health Department by calling 937-382-7221.

The following restaurants or food service establishments were inspected recently and violations/comments include:

• Chubby’s Pizza & Dairy Point, 604 N. Broadway St., Blanchester, Dec. 27. Critical: Hand sink is not connected to plumbing in restroom. No hand sink is available in restroom. Hand sink has been unavailable since end of summer/early fall?

• Taco Bell, 1701 Rombach, Wilmington, Jan. 2. Complaint. Received complaint that facility didn’t have water, no beverages, no bathrooms. Arrived at facility at 1:15 p.m. Spoke with manager regarding no water. Manager stated that soda machine lines were frozen. Working on thawing lines now. Facility has water to all sinks and bathrooms. Facility not serving beverages (on Jan. 2). Were to thaw lines and flush out soda machine prior to selling beverages.

• McDonald’s, 1272 Rombach, Wilmington, Jan. 9. Follow-up. Seven violations were corrected. Thank you. The Traulsen reach-in cooler is broken and not working. Outside of frappe machine and McCafe area is dirty and has debris on outside of machine. There are gnats in self-serve beverage area, above order counter and around McCafe area. Keeping area clean will help with this problem.